SIFCO Industries (SIF) versus Its Competitors Critical Analysis

Profitability

This table compares SIFCO Industries and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SIFCO Industries	-4.35%	-18.70%	-5.84%
SIFCO Industries Competitors	-241.60%	-112.99%	-4.69%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares SIFCO Industries and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
SIFCO Industries	$95.32 million	-$5.38 million	18.64
SIFCO Industries Competitors	$8.47 billion	$577.31 million	32.50

SIFCO Industries’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than SIFCO Industries. SIFCO Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

24.2% of SIFCO Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.1% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are held by institutional investors. 16.7% of SIFCO Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.1% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

SIFCO Industries has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SIFCO Industries’ rivals have a beta of 1.29, indicating that their average share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

SIFCO Industries rivals beat SIFCO Industries on 6 of the 9 factors compared.

SIFCO Industries Company Profile

SIFCO Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells forgings and machined components primarily for the aerospace and energy markets in North America and Europe. The company’s processes and services include forging, heat-treating, chemical processing, and machining. It also offers original equipment manufacturer and aftermarket components for aircraft and industrial gas turbine engines; steam turbine blades; structural airframe components; aircraft landing gear components; aircraft wheels and brakes; rotating components for helicopters; and commercial/industrial products. In addition, the company provides heat-treatment, surface-treatment, non-destructive testing, and select machining and sub-assembly of forged components. SIFCO Industries, Inc. was founded in 1913 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.